1. Take the battery out and hand it to Esa-Pekka Salonen. 2. Bring along your portable drill. Drill a hole all the way through the cell phone, approximately an inch from the top (watch out for sparks; ...

Mozart’s most famous quintets conclude a sequence of four instrumental works from the winter and spring of 1786 87 whose first movements, at least, are on an unprecedentedly monumental scale: the ...

Mozart's String Quintet in C minor is his own arrangement of the demanding "Nachtmusique" K. 388 for eight wind instruments. He composed it for an ensemble at the Viennese court, where Emperor Joseph ...

Mozart wrote his first string quintet at the age of 17, choosing to add a second viola to the string quartet (the viola was an instrument he took a particular delight in playing). But, apart from ...

The 49th Hong Kong Arts Festival has largely been virtual because of travel restrictions and capacity limits at performing venues imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus. So it was no surprise ...

One has to admire the entrepreneurial spirit of violinist Ruth Palmer. For most young musicians, a recital disc will suffice for a debut recording, but she has gone out and found the sponsorship to ...